St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-16
Nicholas Kill Tells Of His Ac-
quaintance With Kohn, the
Murdered Man.
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Are All Decked Out
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DID HE MURDER KOHN?
Nicholas Kill Tells a Mixed Story
of His Whereabouts When KOhn
Was Killed.

Nicholas Kill Tells a Mixed Story
of His Whereabouts When KOhn
Was Killed.
There were no new developments in
the KOhn murder yesterday. In fact,
the clean work of Wednesday left very
little TO be developed. The instrument
with which the murder was committed
has not yet been found, nor have the
clothes and the tin box belonging to the
murdered man. The officers are working
every clue. There is strong circumstan-
tial evidence aginSt Nicholas Kill, who
was arrested as the murderer. Coroner
Quinn visited the Hazard place at
Como yesterday and sealed up the room
where Kohn was found. A coroner'S
jury will be sworn at Gross undertake
ing rooms on West Third street at 10
o'clock this morning, and will visit the
place and view KohnS remains, now
lying at the morgue, before hearing the
evidence of witnesses. Kill was arraigned
in the police court yesterday morning
charged with murder, and Judge Cory
adjourned the preliminary hearing to
Sept. IL He was taken back to the
county Jail and locked in the first cell of
the lower tier. facing the south. His
pIlSOll-llldle. WHO dlSO OCCuplCS lIlc Ctll,
is Mike Brogan, a hickman, held to the
grand jury in August for highway rob-
berry. Kill almost broke down
Wednesday night when he was re-
moved from the central sta
ton to his present quarters,
but nerved himself up yesterday, and
assumed his usual Indifferent manner.
He was visited by GLOBE reporter last
night and refused to talk English, al
though he understands the language
we'll and seeakS quite plainly, having
been in America nearly two years.
When questioned in German by Henry
Shields, the night Waterman, who acted
as interpreter, he answered readily.
Did YOU know Kohn:; he was asked.
Yes he was friend of mine"
When did you see him last!''
SUNDAY noon at saloon ON Rice street"
Did you ever have any trouble with him.
NO, never did. We were good friends"
do you know who murdered him!'
Il can't tell. L don't know"
On further questioning he said that
KOhn left for home on Sunday after
noon i'll company
WITH THREE WOMEN
and two men, leaving him in the city.
At o'clock Sunday evening, he says,
he went back to the Hazard place, and
kohn and the party were all having a
merry time, singing and dancing, and
seemed to be good friends. A little
later Kohn drove the party back to the
city and returned. They slept together
that night. and between and 9 O'clock
he left Kohn and walked to the city.
D''Then, when did you see Kohn last!''
l''That was the last time l saw him"
Kill says he came to the city and
stopped at Bernard MicheFs saloon on
Rice street that morning and was going
to work for milkman named Nolan.
He started to walk out to NOlan'S the
same night and got tired and slept in
the woods. In. the morning he changed
his mind and walked back to the city.
Then he says he came back to Bernard
Michel'S in the forenoon and at noon
Nolan came and got him and
drove him out, where he was ar
rested. This explanation leaves one
day out altogether, for he was
hired by Nolan on Wednesday, the
day after the murder, and was arrested
the same day. He could not tell where
he spent the other day-the day KOhn
was murdered. He first said that he
slept at Nolan's Tuesday night, but
afterward denied it. When asked
where he got Kohn's watch and boots
he hesitated and then answered delib-
erately: My brother Peter gave me
the watch as present five OF six weeks
ago. bought the bO0tts seven or eight
weeks ago at--aa Store, don't know
=, where where exactly" He said his brother
Pete worked for farmer nine miles
north of the city, which is not so. Pete
is employed at the Windsor hotel.